Skid Row
by Skid Row (US)

Skid Row by Skid Row (US)
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 3,432nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 135 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (47th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (516th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,432nd)

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Skid Row (US) bestography

Skid Row is ranked as the best album by Skid Row (US).

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Skid Row rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,432nd | 1980s rank: 516th | 1989 rank: 47th

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Skid Row ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 135 votes)
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70/100
 
02/28/2026 16:30 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
80/100
 
11/28/2025 19:17 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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11/10/2025 03:46 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,79370/100
 
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07/24/2025 14:59 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,96774/100
 
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07/08/2025 14:38 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,72470/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.

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80/100
From 08/27/2020 13:38 | #257478
Solid HeadBanging! Rating (84.09)
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From 08/29/2019 15:38 | #241895
This album Kicks our Ass
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From 12/27/2018 19:05 | #228126
I was pretty keen as a teen, but rapidly outgrew this bit of hair metal.
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From 06/08/2013 03:17 | #78355
The definition of hair metal. A highly uneven affair but with enough big, dumb, good rockin' tracks to warrant a thumbs up.
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From 07/20/2012 14:46 | #46902
Standard, slightly above-average hair metal fare for the day, where the best tracks are the radio hits you know, including a pretty good ballad (i esp. like the "love letters in the sand" lyric) as far as the genre goes.
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From 05/21/2012 14:06 | #42839

Just what I was looking for in an album! Loud, heavy hitting, unintelligent songs about being loud and heavy hitting... things. Really had my attention all the way through. It is the sort that would fill arena's and turn them around out on their heads. 'Sweet Little Sister' and 'Youth Gone Wild' are two of the best here and have as much revolution in the air than some of Bobby D's gooduns. Smell of petrol too. Is that right? Maybe something is wrong with the disk? I don't know. Band can go into more thoughtful topics. Well... '18 and Life' seemed deep. Might just be a song about a teenager shooting things though. Appealed more than 'Rattlesnake' which isn't bad. More than half of this is what I would call great. Hmm... my thoughts are all over the place right now. I guess the whole thing disorientated me and I need to sit down. Rocks you hard.
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